Aśu the Convert: A Slave Girl or a Nāyar Land Owner?
Aśu was a twelfth-century woman from the West Coast of South India. She is mentioned as a Tuḷuva “slave girl” (šifḥa) in a deed of manumission authored by Abraham Ben Yijū, a Jewish merchant who lived with her for nearly eighteen years and had children with her. It is thus accepted that Aśu was a ma...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
[2018]
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Pages: 201-246 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ben Yijû, Abraham ca. 12. Jahrhundert
/ Kerala
/ Nairs
/ Jews
/ Christian
/ Network
/ History 1100-1200
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Conversions
B Intermarriage B premodern Malabar B Slaves B trade networks |
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